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The First Mover, aSSIST

Leading professional business school offering Masters and Ph.D degrees in business administration

aSSIST (Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies, president Hwy-Chang Moon) is a professional graduate school offering Master & Ph. D degrees in business administration since 2004, after when education programs were succeeded from IPS (the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies) which were originally first launched in 1995. Through these degree programs accompanied with top executive programs, aSSIST aims to foster business professionals capable of generating sustainability.

All MBA students can acquire double degrees from prominent business schools overseas

All students at aSSIST are able to achieve a Master's degree in business administration together with a second degree from a renowned university in Europe or the U.S. Students are able to transfer credits to partner universities through aSSIST's established double degree agreements, as well as choose to earn transferable credits directly from partner schools through local programs offered by partner institutions. As a result, individuals can reduce time spent overseas and at the same time save tuition costs, because the programs are designed to allow the double degrees obtainable within a term of 1.5 years, enabling students to benefit from reducing tuition fee and length of stay in Korea.

We offer global standard of business administration teaching and specialized major in reflection with the change of business trends

aSSIST supports students to develop global level business capability and grow into professional with specific specialized major within the business administration area. The specialized majors include Intellectual property, Sales Innovation, Finance, Industrial Security, Alternative Investment and Big Data and these are areas that function as the integral part of companies or that add higher value to the company in future industry. We also offer short practical courses with high quality curriculum such as Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) course, Industrial Security Professional (ISP) course, aSSIST-KOTRA Global Marketing course.

NO. 1 in educating core talents of companies. 200 companies chose aSSIST as professional organization

‘Company customized education program’ is a 1:1 customized course for companies to meet the needs of each company’s issues and demands. Each company has its industry area and management strategy thus, we provide customized curriculum to enhance corporate culture and core capacity of corporate talents.
Our school has been evaluated as the NO.1 graduate school of business administration for talent education. The companies including LG Electronics, KT, Doosan Infracore, Samshully, Korea Electronic Power Corporation, LIG, Dong-kuk Steel and MG Community Credit Cooperatives are continuously involved in our courses and talents from these companies are more and more participating in our short and long term programs.

Education system for students and by students with the best faculty staff at home and abroad

The classes offered at aSSIST, are carried out as an Open Platform System, meaning that the faculty staff is comprised of the best experts from around the world, inviting the best of the best from various universities and organizations. Our teaching faculty is comprised of both professors and practitioners in the related field, and they aim to teach both theoretical and practical knowledge, delivering balanced education required for today’s talents in business. All lectures are evaluated by students of all programs and courses for maintenance of high quality teaching.

Teaching Philosophy of aSSIST

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ASSIST has a differentiated education philosophy, the ‘Sustainable Management-4T’ means eThics, sTorytelling, Teamwork, and Technology. These are the core values of aSSIST to train ‘professional managers’ who are ethical, creative, team-oriented and able to combine cutting edge technology with management. Especially, the school focuses on ‘ethical management education’ to deliver transparent ethical consciousness, socially responsible and sustainable management awareness.

In 2009, in recognition of our performance, our school was selected as one of the ‘Global Top 100’ evaluated by the Aspen Foundation in US, which is like the Oscar prize in ethical education assessing every business school in the world.

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History of aSSIST

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  • 2023
    Oct
    Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is inked with Jilin Normal University, China.
    Sep
    Honorary doctorate is awarded to Pekka Metso, Ambassador of the Embassy of Finland in Korea.
    Master’s engineering courses open in China.
    Jul
    Honorary doctorate is conferred on Kim Hildebrant, Chairman, Franklin University Switzerland (FUS).
    Jun
    HWY-CHANG MOON is inaugurated as the 10th President.
    May
    MOU is signed with Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), US.
    MOU is finalized with the King Sejong Institute Foundation.
    Apr
    MOU is executed with UNITAR.
    Honorary doctorate is granted to former Deputy Prime Minister Myung Oh.
    Mar
    AI & Convergence Engineering, AI & Arts Management, and AI & Fintech programs are launched.
    Dual PhD program is launched in partnership with Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
  • 2022
    Dec
    MOU is signed with Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
    Nov
    Establishment of an AI-specialized graduate school is approved.
    MOU is made with Jiangsu University of Technology, China.
    MOU is sealed with the European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK).
    Oct
    Honorary doctorate is bestowed onto Ilkka Niemelä, President of Aalto University.
    Sep
    MOU is entered into with People’s Daily Online Korea.
    May
    MOU is finalized with the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA).
    Apr
    MOU is established with 외연양성센터, Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU).
    Mar
    MOU is inked with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.
    MOU is sealed with Tajikistan University of Technology.
    MOU is signed with Tajik National University.
    Jan
    MOU is finalized with International Education Center, Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DLUFL), China.
  • 2021
    Dec
    MOU is entered into with the Korean Professional Engineers Association.
    Jun
    TaeHyun Kim is reappointed as the 9th President.
    May
    MOU is made with the China Advertising Association.
    Mar
    Dual PhD program is launched in partnership with Franklin University Switzerland.
  • 2020
    Dec
    The Korean Language Institute opens.
    Sep
    Digital Finance EMBA program is launched.
    AI Strategic Management EMBA program is launched.
    MOU is signed with Minerva University, US.
    Doctoral business administration courses open in China.
    Jun
    MOU is sealed with Franklin University Switzerland for a dual MBA degree program.
    MOU is sealed with Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) for short-term training courses.
    Mar
    Industry-academia cooperation accord is signed with KOTRA.
  • 2019
    Dec
    MOU is finalized with the Korea Coach Association.
    Oct
    Seoul Academy is renamed as Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies (aSSIST).
    Jun
    TaeHyun Kim is reappointed as the 8th President.
    Mar
    AI Crypto MBA program is inaugurated.
  • 2018
    Dec
    MOU is made with National Economics University (NEU), Vietnam.
    Oct
    MOU is signed with Hebei GEO University, China
    Jul
    MOU is sealed with the University of International Business and Economics, China.
    Jun
    CHO Wan-kyoo is inaugurated as Chairperson of the Seoul Academy board of directors.
    Apr
    Honorary doctorate is accorded to Lee Hee-beom, President of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games and Honorary Chairperson of the aSSIST CEO Forum Alumni Association.
    MOU is singed with ExVillage.
    Mar
    Guk-Seop Yoon, Board Chairperson of Seoul Academy, passes away.
    MOU is inked with Xi’an University of Finance and Economics, China.
    Digital Strategic Planning MBA program is introduced.
    Dual PhD program is launched in partnership with Business School Lausanne, Switzerland.
    Feb
    MOU is executed with Business School Lausanne, Switzerland for a Big Data dual degree program.
  • 2017
    Sep
    MOU is inked with Business School of Lausanne, Switzerland.
    MOU is signed with Brunel University London, UK
    Aug
    Tuula Teeri, Aalto University President, is awarded honorary doctorate.
    Jun
    TaeHyun Kim is inaugurated as the 7th President.
    Mar
    An MBA program is launched in China.
    Feb
    Finland Tower is completed in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.
  • 2016
    Dec
    MOU is executed with Lanzhou University, China.
    Oct
    Talent development agreement is made with Korea Foreign Company Association (FORCA)
    Doctoral Alumni Association inks an academic cooperation agreement with National Economics University (NEU), Hanoi, Vietnam.
    Jun
    Honorary doctorate is awarded to Matti Heimonen, Ambassador of the Embassy of Finland in Korea.
    MOU is signed with Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.
    Jan
    MOU is signed with ASIS International.
    MOU is signed with the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA).
  • 2015
    Dec
    Global hedge fund expert training agreement is formalized with ANDA Asset Management for alternative investment training.
    MOU is established with Mingzhong International Education Group, China.
    Aug
    MOU is made with Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB), China.
    MOU is signed with the Ministry of National Defense in information and research areas.
    Apr
    MOU is signed with Shandong University, China.
    Mar
    Big Data MBA program is launched.
  • 2014
    Dec
    Il-Sup Kim is reappointed for a second term as the 6th President.
    Nov
    MOU is signed with Ural State University of Economics (USUE), Russia.
    Jul
    Industry-academia cooperation agreement is inked with the Korean CEO’s Association of. Multinational Corporations (KCMC).
    Jun
    MOU is made with the Korea Financial Planner Association for development of specialized financial education programs.
    Mar
    aSSIST receives the KRIVET* President Award, a special award in the education category of the 2014 Korea HRD Awards by the Human Resource Development Association (HRDA).
    *KRIVET: Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
    Feb
    Vision making workshop is held to mark the 10th anniversary of aSSIST University.
  • 2013
    Oct
    Dual degree program by aSSIST and Aalto University, Finland, is ranked 85th in the 2013 Global E-MBA list by The Financial Times of the UK.
    Jun
    MOU is signed with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, US.
    May
    aSSIST Forum is launched.
    Mar
    aSSIST University receives the HRDK* Chairperson Award in the educational institution category of the 2013 Korea HRD Awards by the Human Resource Development Association (HRDA).
    * HRDK: Human Resources Development Service of Korea
    K-WAY Management 3.0 CEO Course is launched.
  • 2012
    Dec
    Il-Sup Kim is inaugurated as the 5th President.
    Oct
    Korea’s first-ever MBA focused on sales innovation is instituted.
    May
    aSSIST University participates in the 7th Jeju Forum, a comprehensive international platform.
    Mar
    aSSIST University receives Grand Prize in the educational institution category of the 2012 Korea HRD Awards by the Human Resource Development Association (HRDA).
    MOU is executed with Macromedia University for Media and Communication, Germany
  • 2011
    Sep
    Nam Sik LEE is inaugurated as the 4th President
    Aug
    MOU is made with the Korea University School of Cybersecurity (SCS) for IS-MBA (Industrial Security MBA)
    July
    Honorary doctorate is conferred upon Yoon-Shik Park, professor at George Washington University.
    May
    aSSIST and the Jeju Peace Institute (JPI) co-organize the 6th Jeju Forum, a comprehensive international platform.
    Mar
    MOU is made with China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).
    Jan
    Book Fun and Easy Ethical Management 2 is published.
  • 2010
    Oct
    Sustainable growth agreement is inked with the Jeju Peace Institute (JPI)
    Sep
    MOU is signed with the School of Economics and Management of the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS)
    August
    Industry-academia cooperation group is launched.
    Jul
    MOU is finalized with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry to open a contracting department.
    Dual degree agreement is established with the State University of New York.
    Jun
    Dual degree agreement is established with Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics), Finland.
    aSSIST CEO Forum is launched.
    May
    Hwa Soon Hong takes office as Vice President and Acting President
    aSSIST’s industrial security professional (ISP) program is registered as a private certifier.
    Apr
    4Ts-oriented CEO course on green growth is introduced.
    Mar
    4Ts-oriented course for next-generation leaders is launched.
    Feb
    aSSIST University receives Grand Prize in the education institution category of the 2010 Korea HRD Awards by the Human Resource Development Association (HRDA).
    Jan
    aSSIST University is designated as a green growth educational institution by the Presidential Committee on Green Growth.
  • 2009
    Oct
    aSSIST University is ranked in ASPEN’S GLOBAL 100: Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2009-2010 in the category of ethical management and corporate social responsibility education.
    Sep
    Graduate School of Leisure Management at aSSIST is inaugurated.
    Industrial security professional (ISP) course is introduced.
    Jun
    Book Fun and Easy Ethical Management is published.
    Apr
    Honorary doctorate is awarded to Chan Ki Hahn, professor at Bowling Green State University.
    Mar
    Eun-Key Yoon is reappointed as the 3rd President.
    Honorary doctorate is awarded to Yacov Shamash, Vice President for Economic Development, the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
    IS-MBA (Industrial Security MBA) course is launched.
    Feb
    Honorary doctorate is conferred upon Moon Kyu-young, Chairman of Aju Group.
    Jan
    Dual degree agreement is made with George Mason University, US.
  • 2008
    Nov
    MOU for an industrial security MBA program is established with the National Industrial Security Center (NISC) under the National Intelligence Service (NIS).
    May
    Climate Change Leadership course is launched.
    Feb
    Honorary doctorates are conferred upon Eero Kasanen, Rector of the Helsinki School of Economics, and upon Man-deuk Lee, Chairperson of Samchully.
    aSSIST personnel volunteer to help clean up the oil spill off the Taean Peninsula.
    Jan
    Executive MBA program of Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics) attains Triple Crown status by acquiring EQUIS in addition to the AACSB and AMBA accreditations that it has already achieved.
  • 2007
    Mar
    Eun-Key Yoon is inaugurated as the 2nd President.
    Jan
    Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics) is accredited by the Association of Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
  • 2006
    Feb
    Exchange agreement is made with Colorado State University, US.
    Exchange agreement is inked with Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China.
    Honorary doctorates are conferred upon Veikko Jaaskelainen, President of Helsinki School of Economics, and upon Suk-geum Yun, Chairman of Woongjin Group.
  • 2005
    Sep
    Ph.D. program in business administration is instituted.
    4Ts-oriented CEO course for sustainable management is launched.
    Exchange agreement is inked with Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Taiwan.
    Apr
    Students exchange with Zhejiang University, China is initiated
    Mar
    Financial Engineering MBA course is launched.
    Approval is granted for the operation of an affiliated lifelong education center.
  • 2004
    Dec
    Exchange agreement is signed with the University of Akron, US.
    Exchange agreement is signed with EDHEC Business School, France.
    aSSIST is recognized as the best MBA program in Korea in the 2004 Financial News Top Pride Rankings.
    Nov
    Exchange agreement is made with National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan.
    Mar
    Global Leadership (business leadership) MBA program is introduced.
    Jan
    Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics), Finland achieves AMBA (Association of MBAs) accreditation.
    Education programs of the education division of the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS) are transferred to aSSIST University.
  • 2003
    Dec
    David N. Smith takes office as the inaugural President.
    Nov
    Establishment approval is granted for the Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies
  • 2002
    Apr
    Seoul Academy is founded
  • 1999
    Jan
    Collaborative MS-TM program is launched in partnership with the State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • 1995
    Jan
    Joint MBA program is launched in partnership with Aalto University (formerly Helsinki School of Economics), Finland
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